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Honey, I Broke the House
Season 3, episode 20
Honey, i broke the house
Air date March 9, 1990
Writer(s) Kim Weiskopf
Director Bill Foster
Previous Those Better Not Be the Days
Next Just Say No Way

Honey, I Broke the House is episode twenty in season three of Full House. It originally aired on March 9, 1990.

Opening Teaser[]

Joey and Michelle are playing T-ball (or tee-ball, depending on use). She whacks the ball, and then, thinking she's headed for first base, ends up at third instead. Then realizing what's wrong, she runs towards first, steals second, then third, and goes home (literally). She remarks, "This game is way too easy."

Synopsis[]

Jesse wants to have a romantic night with Becky, but she tells him that she can't because she is scheduled for a business dinner with Beau McIntyre, a former football player who is scheduled to be a guest on Wake Up, San Francisco, and that makes Jesse jealous.

Stephanie wants to play before she leaves for her dance class, but everyone else is occupied. Joey is preoccupied with his new car, "Rosie", a 1963 AMC Rambler. When he sees a nick in Rosie's paint, he leaves with Comet to go to Sid & Jean's Auto Supplies to buy a bottle of touch-up paint. While Joey is gone, Stephanie gets into the car so she will have something to do.

As she is sitting in the driver's seat, she decides to turn the radio on, but it does not come on, so she turns the key, hoping that she is turning it toward the auxiliary option that allows you to turn on the radio while the car is not running. Instead, she ends up starting the car. Not knowing what the letters and numbers on the gear lever mean (park, reverse, etc.), and forgetting about the radio dials she was turning seconds earlier, she thinks that the letter "R" means radio, so she puts it on R, only to learn the hard way that R means reverse, as Rosie backs up and crashes into the kitchen by plowing through its window (eliciting an "OH!" from the studio audience when the dust settles from all the damage); not only taking out the window, but also part of the wall, the curtain rod, and toppling the table and chairs. Stephanie is mortified and prays this is a dream. When Michelle sees the mess, she alerts D.J. and Kimmy, who are studying upstairs, exclaiming "There's a car in the kitchen!" but they don't take her seriously. Stephanie is so terrified and feels so bad about the incident, that she has her ride to dance class drop her off at Becky's house. Once Stephanie has left, the two classmates head downstairs and can only stare in shock that there really IS a car in the kitchen! Michelle gloats on telling them so. Jesse and Danny come home and see the mess, and Jesse is speechless and amazed while Danny, on the other hand, is very upset about the destruction, and thinks Joey is responsible.

At Becky's Stephanie announces she's running away to Mexico, Becky asks what's going on, but before Stephanie can explain, Jesse shows up at Becky's house to apologize for being jealous earlier, only to resume jealously after spotting Stephanie's suitcase. He looks in the closet, where he finds Stephanie. Becky says Stephanie has a problem, as Jesse questions his niece on what's up. Stephanie forced to confess her driving Joey's car into the kitchen, and causing the mess, surprising Jesse. As a result, he calmly tells her that he's been in situations like this himself, but running away won't solve anything. She'll have to buck up courage and face the music. Jesse also tells his niece that she'll see her father's reaction in DJ's pictures.

Back at home, when Joey comes back with Comet from his shopping trip, Michelle and Danny both exclaim "You're in big trouble, mister!" at him, still thinking he's responsible for the mess. Joey initially thinks they're angry at him for not refilling the ice cube tray, but when he goes into the kitchen, and sees his car, he is especially in shock at the mess, something DJ photographs. Looking at his now-wrecked car, he initially thinks they did this to punish him. Danny questions if Joey was aware of the mess, and Joey proves he wasn't, by showing them the small jar of touch-up paint he bought, which clearly wouldn't be enough to fix his car in its current state.

Jesse and Stephanie return, and Stephanie confesses that she's responsible for the mess. Joey blames himself for leaving the keys in the ignition (and mentions that the radio didn't work, much to Stephanie's dismay), and Danny sends her to her room. D.J. escorts her roommate upstairs and tries to calm her down by saying everyone makes mistakes, but Stephanie can't help but cry about what happened.

Danny enters their room and asks D.J. to leave. He begins to scold Stephanie for the destruction she caused and for running away, and that a major punishment will be awaiting her. This upsets her because she thinks that everything she does is wrong and that he stopped loving her (see Quotes). Danny begins to feel bad for Stephanie and explains (as the inspirational music plays) that no matter what she does, he will always love her. He also tells her that things, like a wall and car, can be replaced, but there is only one "Stephanie Judith Tanner", and she can never be replaced. Their emotional talk ends with her giving her dad a big hug (as the somber music plays out and the EP credits appear).

Quotes[]

[In D.J. and Stephanie's room, while D.J. and Kimmy do their homework and listen to music with headphones, Stephanie enters.]
Stephanie: Great news, people! [They can't hear her, so she lifts their headphones.] In case anyone wants to play with me, I've got 20 minutes before dance class.
D.J.: Can't you see that I'm doing our [hers and Kimmy's] homework?
Kimmy: You know, there's a country where they use little annoying kids for lunch meat.
Stephanie: Then you better not go there 'cause you're full of bologna [baloney (meaning nonsense)].
D.J.: Steph, why don't you go down to the living room and run around the couch about a thousand times?
Stephanie: I'm getting the feeling that I'm not wanted here.
D.J.: Make that two thousand times.
Stephanie: Now I'm sure of it. [She leaves the room.]


[Stephanie has just started the car.]
Stephanie: Whoa! Stay! Stay! Good car. [reading the letters and numbers on the dashboard] P, R, N, D... R. Must mean 'radio'. [She shifts the gear towards the "R", only to learn that it means 'reverse', and that's what happens.] Whoa, Rosie, whoa! [She screams as 'Rosie' backs into the kitchen, taking out the window and toppling the table and chairs. Cut to a slow zoom-up on the now stunned Stephanie.] I'm in the house. And I'm still in the car. [As she slowly crawls out and exits through the back of the car...] Oh, no. What did I do?! Maybe no one will notice. [But Michelle enters the kitchen and sees the obvious, her mouth dropping wide open in shock.] Hello, Michelle.
Michelle: There's a car in the kitchen!
Stephanie: [trying to play innocent] There is? [cut to the damage] Oh, there is. Did you see how it got here?
Michelle: No.
Stephanie: Good. I'm in the clear... until Joey gets home and tells Dad how he left me alone with the car. Then I'm dead meat.
Michelle: You got it, dude.
[cut to a wide shot of the damage]


[Stephanie prepares for dance class (even packing her bag and Mr. Bear inside it), as Michelle comes in to tell the two classmates the news.]
Michelle: Hey! [But they can't hear her while listening to their music, so she unplugs their headphones.] I said "Hey!".
Kimmy: What do you want, squirt?
Michelle: [wagging her finger] Don't call me 'squirt'!
D.J.: May we help you, madam?
Michelle: There's a car in the kitchen!
[Cut to Stephanie's worried look.]
D.J.: [sarcastically] Yeah, and there's a bus in the bathroom.
Stephanie: [relieved briefly] Good one, Deej, hehehe!
D.J.: Steph, why are you packing a bag?
Stephanie: Well, uh, we're having a dress rehearsal at dance class, and I needed something to rehearse dressing in. [car horn sound] Uh-oh! Gotta go. That's my ride.


[Kimmy and D.J. enter the kitchen and see the damage.]
D.J.: [with Kimmy] Whoa, baby! [alone] There's a car in the kitchen!
Michelle: [wagging her finger] I told you so.
D.J.: Michelle, do you know how Joey's car got in here?
Michelle: Yes, I do.
D.J.: How?!
Michelle: [pointing] Through the window.
Jesse: [coming in through the back door from grocery shopping, with 3 bags in his arms covering his face] Girls, I'm home. [Sensing there's something else there instead of the table and chairs, he feels with his hand and drops the bags.] Have mercy! There's a... Th-there's...
Michelle: There's a car in the kitchen.
Jesse: [Sarcastically] Thank you. How'd the car get in the kitchen?
D.J. & Kimmy: [pointing] Through the window.
Jesse: Everybody okay?
D.J.: Yeah, we're all fine.
Danny: [from the living room] Hello-o?
D.J.: But I don't think Dad is gonna be fine.


Danny: [enters the kitchen] Look at this house! Look at this kitchen! Look at this mess! I just waxed the floor...


Stephanie: [to Becky] I’m going to start a new life as a Mexican hat dancer.


Stephanie: [having trouble saying "I drove...", because she's so ashamed] I dro-- I dro-- I dro--
Rebecca: You dropped something? Did something break? [Stephanie nods.] What did you break?
Stephanie: You name it, I broke it.



McIntyre come on out I got your business dinner right here! Jesse: You're the one that drove Joey's...? Steph, you can't even drive!
Stephanie: You're telling me.
Rebecca: No wonder you're moving to Mexico.


D.J.: Hey, Dad, it's almost dinner. Do you want me to set the 'car'?
Danny: [sighs, but plays along] Sure, honey, but use the good hubcaps.


[Joey comes home.]
Michelle: [wagging her right finger] You're in big trouble, mister.
Danny: Joey, are you okay? You had us worried sick!
Joey: Danny, I'm fine.
Danny: In that case, [pointing his finger at him] you're in big trouble, mister! [...]
Joey: Are you upset because I took the last ice cube and didn't refill the tray? [...] [As Danny nudges him into the kitchen...] Danny, look, I'll go to the store and buy some more ice. Everything will be fine. Don't worry about it. [turns his head and he sees it] MY CAR! [...as D.J. takes a photo of his stunned face.] Rosie! This is my punishment for not filling the ice cube tray?!
Danny: Are you saying you didn't know about this?
Joey: If I did, don't you think I would've bought a bigger jar of touch-up paint?! [He shows the small jar.] [...]
Stephanie: It's not your fault, Joey; I had no business being in your new car! It was perfect!
Joey: Well almost. The radio didn't work.
Stephanie: Now he tells me. Go ahead, Dad. Yell, scream, punish me! Or if you want, I'll just move to Mexico.
Danny: Right now, I just want you to wait upstairs in your room until I can figure out what to do with you.
Jesse: [walks over and escorts Stephanie] Here, Deej. Take your sister upstairs, and make sure she doesn't skip the country.
Michelle: My turn to drive the car.
Joey: You know the rules, Michelle; nobody gets to drive until they're 8 years old. ...Rosie! [He puts his head on the car and sobs.]
Michelle: Don't cry. Be a big boy.


[In their room...]
D.J.: Come on, Steph. You just made a mistake. But everything's gonna be alright.
Danny: [sighs as he enters] D.J., I'd like to talk to Stephanie alone, please.
D.J.: Sure, Dad. Hang in there, Steph. Go easy on her, Dad. She's just a kid [exits].
Danny: [closes the bedroom door] Stephanie, I am very disappointed in you. How could you do this? You could've been hurt! You could've hurt someone else! What you did today is the stupidest thing you've ever done.
Stephanie: I know! That's why I ran away.
Danny: And you know better than that, too, don't you?
Stephanie: I know. Everything I do is wrong. I hate myself! [She pulls her bedspread over her head.]
Danny: Steph... come out from under there.
Stephanie: I don't deserve fresh air!
Danny: How long do you intend to stay under that blanket?
Stephanie: Until I get married!
Danny: You know, it could be very difficult to meet somebody under there.
Stephanie: [finally emerging from the bedspread] Then I'll just stay in my room the rest of my life.
Danny: Well, I don't know about that. But I do know that I'm gonna have to punish you – big time.
Stephanie: And I should never get any allowance or presents ever again. And you should send me away to carpenter school so I can build you a brand-new house that you can live in, without me. And you'd never have to hug or kiss me again. [She bursts into tears after Danny's mad at her.]

Trivia[]

  • The episode title is a take on the 1989 movie Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
  • Jeff Franklin said that the idea for the car crashing into the kitchen came from when as a kid he drove his dad's car into their garage.[1]
  • This is the second episode to feature Stephanie's full name only (the other being "Cutting It Close" [2.1]).
  • This is the second episode since the series premiere that Stephanie says, "Just hanging around" (see infobox photo for this episode and the quotes section for the premiere).
  • Michelle's recurring phrase, "You're in big trouble, mister!" is not only said by her but Danny borrows it as well; in addition, this is the first episode to feature the phrase.
  • In the Nick-at-Nite (2014) version, D.J.'s little talk with Stephanie (before Danny talks to her) was edited out – because of added advertising.
  • The scene where Stephanie drives Joey's car in the kitchen was re-created in the Fuller House episode "Cold Turkey" (5.12), in which Joey gets a new car, which looks exactly like the one in this episode, and Stephanie decides to take the car but drives it into the kitchen and ruins the Thanksgiving dinner that she had made.
  • When D.J. and Kimmy are doing their homework, they sing the chorus of Paula Abdul's song "Straight Up". John Stamos was dating Paula Abdul around the time this aired.
  • The one-minute version of the theme song is used.
  • This is the only time Stephanie runs away from home (Michelle later does that in "The Devil Made Me Do It").

Goof[]

The car's engine can be heard starting before Stephanie turns the key. Then the car turns off after it crashes through the kitchen window.

References[]

Full House Episodes
Season 1
Our Very First ShowOur Very First NightThe First Day of SchoolThe Return of GrandmaSea CruiseDaddy's HomeKnock Yourself OutJesse's GirlThe Miracle of ThanksgivingJoey's PlaceThe Big Three-OOur Very First PromoSisterly LoveHalf a Love StoryA Pox in Our HouseBut Seriously, FolksDanny's Very First DateJust One of the GuysThe Seven-Month Itch (Part 1)The Seven-Month Itch (Part 2)Mad MoneyD.J. Tanner's Day Off
Season 2
Cutting It CloseTanner vs. GibblerIt's Not My JobD.J.'s Very First HorseJingle HellBeach Boy BingoJoey Gets ToughTriple DateOur Very First Christmas ShowMiddle Age CrazyA Little RomanceFogged InWorking MothersLittle Shop of SweatersPal JoeyBaby LoveEl Problema Grande de D.J.Goodbye Mr. BearBlast From the PastI'm There for You, BabeLuck Be a Lady (Part 1)Luck Be a Lady (Part 2)
Season 3
Tanner's IslandBack to School BluesBreaking Up is Hard to Do (in 22 Minutes)Nerd for a DayGranny TannyStar SearchAnd They Call It Puppy LoveDivorce CourtDr. Dare Rides AgainThe Greatest Birthday on EarthAftershocksJoey & Stacey and... Oh, Yeah, JesseNo More Mr. Dumb GuyMisadventures in BabysittingLust in the DustBye, Bye Birdie13 CandlesMr. EggheadThose Better Not Be the DaysHoney, I Broke the HouseJust Say No WayThree Men and Another BabyFraternity ReunionOur First Telethon
Season 4
Greek WeekCrimes and Michelle's DemeanorThe I.Q. ManSlumber PartyGood News, Bad NewsA Pinch for a PinchViva Las JoeyShape UpOne Last KissTerror in Tanner TownSecret AdmirerDanny in ChargeHappy New Year BabyWorking GirlOld Brown EyesStephanie Gets FramedA Fish Called MartinThe Wedding (Part 1)The Wedding (Part 2)Fuller House (episode)The Hole-in-the-Wall GangStephanie Plays the FieldJoey Goes HollywoodGirls Just Wanna Have FunThe GraduatesRock the Cradle
Season 5
Double TroubleMatchmaker MichelleTake My Sister, PleaseOh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Girl Gone?The King and IThe Legend of Ranger JoeThe Legend of Ranger JoeThe VolunteerGotta DanceHappy Birthday, Babies (Part 1)Happy Birthday, Babies (Part 2)Nicky and/or AlexanderCrushedSpellboundToo Much Monkey BusinessThe Devil Made Me Do ItDriving Miss D.J.Yours, Mine and OursThe Trouble with DannyFive's a CrowdGirls Will Be BoysCaptain Video (Part 1)Captain Video (Part 2)
Season 6
Come Fly With MeThe Long GoodbyeRoad to TokyoRadio DaysLovers and Other TannersEducating JesseTrouble in Twin TownThe Play's the ThingNice Guys Finish FirstI'm Not D.J.Designing MothersA Very Tanner ChristmasThe Dating GameBirthday BluesBe True to Your PreschoolThe Heartbreak KidSilence is Not GoldenPlease Don't Touch the DinosaurSubterranean Graduation BluesGrand Gift AutoRoom for One MoreProm NightThe House Meets the Mouse (Part 1)The House Meets the Mouse (Part 2)
Season 7
It Was a Dark and Stormy NightThe ApartmentWrong-Way TannerTough LoveFast FriendsSmash Club: The Next GenerationHigh AnxietyAnother Opening, Another No ShowThe Day of the RhinoThe Prying GameThe Bicycle ThiefSupport Your Local ParentsThe Perfect CoupleIs It True About Stephanie?The TestJoey's Funny ValentineThe Last DanceKissing CousinsLove on the RocksMichelle a la CarteBe Your Own Best FriendA Date with FateToo Little Richard Too LateA House Divided
Season 8
Comet's Excellent AdventureBreaking AwayMaking Out is Hard to DoI've Got a SecretTo Joey, With LoveYou Pet It, You Bought ItOn the Road AgainClaire and Present DangerStephanie's Wild RideUnder the InfluenceArrest Ye Merry GentlemenD.J.'s ChoiceThe ProducerSuper Bowl Fun DayMy Left and Right FootAir JesseDateless in San FranciscoWe Got the BeatTaking the PlungeUp on the RoofLeap of FaithAll Stood UpMichelle Rides Again (Part 1)Michelle Rides Again (Part 2)
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